Go for it Dave, be the bard minstrel who performs in the pub. The referee/gamemaster will surely make you a fairly important feature in the game. Who else but a minstrel sage has the tidbits of ancient lore that he has gathered over countless e'ens spent in taverns, road houses and inns. What word from the north, the east, the west or the south, what NEWS have you to share with us. Chip2447(who not only is a bard of sorts, but plays one in D&D also)